Impact of inhomogeneities on slowly rolling quintessence: implications for the local variations of the fine-structure constant

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AC1870MaRDI QIDQ5163074zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Leonardo Giani, Emmanuel Frion, O. F. Piattella

Publication date 8 November 2021

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11735

zbMATH Keywords

dark energyquintessencevarying \(\alpha\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25)

Abstract: We study how the evolution of a Dark Energy Quintessence fluid is modified by the presence of a matter inhomogeneity. To do so, we study linear perturbations of a flat FLRW background containing dust and a slowly rolling scalar field. Under the assumptions of spherical symmetry and a static density contrast, extit{i.e.} $dotdelta=0$, we obtain simple analytical solutions for perturbations in the matter and dark energy-dominated epochs. As a consequence, we show that perturbations of the scalar field, if a coupling extit{`a la} Bekenstein is assumed, trigger a spatial dependence of the fine-structure "constant" which then varies as $Deltaalphapropto1/r$. We finally highlight that such variations can be constrained with spectroscopic observations of stars from within our galaxy, therefore offering a new probe of the nature of Dark Energy.

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